Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2014

You want me to do what?

If you are interested in humanism and feminism, you are prone to encounter conflicts, which would be hilarious, if they did not come with actual harm being done to actual people.
As someone, who is hooked on aesthetics, and likewise on a thing called "human dignity", I am somewhat informed about the map of my own, privileged bubble.
"Man is the measure of all things", that means to me, in a nutshell: the problem is the cut of this dress, not you. You may apply this pattern on any other issue.

Of course some folks call me racist, transphobic, homophobic et cetera.
I receive the following, bizarre suggestions:

I am supposed to support the limitless objectification of males, because gay men want more acceptance.
I am supposed to support fascist beauty pageants and fitness worship propaganda, because transpeople want to participate in them.
I am supposed to be excited about model casting shows, because they are being produced in Africa now, too.
I am supposed to celebrate a delusional, gynophobic designer, because he uses gender bending male models for women's wear.
I am supposed to like stereotypical, demeaning "sexy" presentations, because the performer is Black.
I am supposed to like exploitive advertising of a questionable industry, because they use marginalised groups in a "positive" context.

Particularly for the trans people. If you want to partake in a beauty pageant, you are signaling that you like the idea of non individual ideas of beauty being something that "women" should strive to live up to. You are hopefully aware that there are many who aren't particularly excited about the idea that being the prettiest of the bunch should be glorified even more than it already is. Of course, we all love beauty.
Just this:
I don't think that any beauty pageant ever, did ANYTHING to reduce violence against women/people read as women.
Objectifying humans does not lead to more respect, regardless whom one objectifies. As long as there is no culture that allows objectified people to maintain dignity, there really is no use in expanding the range of objectified groups.
I accept being considered transphobic, and it does not impress me to be called such, because I care more about stereotypes being corroded, rather than being used as a ladder to acceptance, and therefore clung to as something valuable, that it really is not. That's all.

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